ROADSIDE VEGETATION CONTROL

MAINTENANCE FORCES HAVE BEEN WORKING (MOSTLY ON A SPARE TIME BASIS) ON A SPECIAL PROJECT IN THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ALASKA TO IMPROVE THE HIGHWAYS FROM THE STANDPOINT OF SAFETY, APPEARANCE, AND EASE OF MAINTENANCE. THE WORK HAS CONSISTED OF CLEARING AND GRUBBING, SLOPE ROUNDING AND SEEDING OF THE AREAS TO APPROXIMATELY THE RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE. PROBLEMS FACING SUCH MAINTENANCE WORKERS ARE ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHS. MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT THAT WAS USED IS DESCRIBED AN THE PACE AT WHICH THE WORK PROCEEDED IS OUTLINED. THE PROBLEM OF MAINTENANCE BUDGETS IS DISCUSSED.

• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration Special Report

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• Authors:
  • Sellon, L D
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 14-26
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Lab Ensayo Mat & Invest /Argentina/
  • Publisher: Lab Ensayo Materiales e Investigaciones Tecnol

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Budgeting; Equipment; Maintenance practices; Planting; Roadside improvement; Slopes
• Old TRIS Terms: Clearing; Grubbing
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00219076
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Spec Rept
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 11 1974 12:00AM